Psalms 44:23
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
Does God sleep?
PROBLEM: According to Psalms 121:4, God shall “neither slumber nor sleep.” Yet, in this verse the psalmist calls on God, “Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord?”
SOLUTION: The psalmist uses “sleep” as a figure of speech referring to the fact that God had deferred judgment, showing at that moment no signs of activity (cf. Psalms 44:9-10).